- OE. shapenschapen, AS. sceapian. The p. p. shapen is from the strong verb, AS. scieppanscyppansceppan, p. p. sceapen. See Shapen.
- To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.I was shapen in iniquity.Grace shaped her limbs, and beauty decked her face.
- To adapt to a purpose; to regulate; to adjust; to direct; as, to shape the course of a vessel.To the stream, when neither friends, nor force, Nor speed nor art avail, he shapes his course.Charmed by their eyes, their manners I acquire, And shape my foolishness to their desire.
- To imagine; to conceive; to call forth (ideas).archaicOft my jealousyShapes faults that are not.
- To design; to prepare; to plan; to arrange.When shapen was all this conspiracy, From point to point.I will early shape me therefor.
